Razor-cleaning attachment for barbers&#39; chairs.



A. BONGIOVANNI. RAZOR CLEANING ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS CHAIRS. .APPLIG-ATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1912.

1,089,31 1 Patented M31113, 1914.

(i7 ATTO R N EY ANTONIO BONGIOVANNI, 0F BARNESIBOEO, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO IRENAEUS A. LANTZY, OF SPANGLER, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAZOR-CLEANING ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS CHAIRS.

Patented Mar. 3, 191 1:. Serial No. 719,674.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Anronro Bono1o- VANNI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Barnesboro, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Razor-Cleaning Attachment for Barbers Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a razor cleaning attachment for barbers chairs.

Heretofore paper has been invariably used in barber shops for wiping the lather from razors, and it has been customary to place the same upon the breast of the persons shaved. This is not only unsightly but considerable inconvenience and annoyance are incident to the use of paper particularly during the summer time when fans are in operation, and," furthermore, the use of paper tends to dull the edge of a razor.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and eiiicient razor cleaning attachment, designed to be mounted on a barbers chair, or other sup port to receive the lather wiped from razors, and adapted to present to a razor a yieldable wiping surface, which will not in jure the edge of a razor or affect the keenness thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a razor cleaning appliance of this character, which will present a neat and attractive appearance and which will keep unsightly lather concealed from Vl6\V 1111i)1l after the customer is seated in the chair.

Another object of the invention is to provide a razor cleaning attachment equipped with a lather receptacle adapted to be easily and quickly detached for cleaning and replaced after cleaning without removing the attachment from the barbers chair or other support.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the inven tion.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a razor cleaning attachment, constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to the back of a barbers chair, the latter being illustrated in dotted l1nes. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the razor cleaning attachment. Fig. 3 is an enlarged central vertical sectional view of the same, the standard being broken away. Fig. 4.- is an enlarged detail view, illustrating the 0011- struotion of the standard. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the hinge element of the receptacle. Fig. 6 is a similar view of the keeper.

Like numerals of reference designate cor responding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, 1 designates a lather receptacle mounted upon the outer end of a horizontal arm 2, which is pivoted at its inner end to a standard composed of upper and lower members 3 and 4, constructed of suitable ma terial preferably metal. The lower section 4. is secured by screws 5, or other suitable fastening devices to the back 6 of a barbers chair, or other suitable support, and it is provided at its upper end with an eye 7, hinged to a corresponding eye 8 of the lower end of the upper section 8 by a bolt 9. The bolt 9 is equipped with a thumb nut 10 0perable to clamp the upper section in an upright position and adapted when loosened to permit the upper section and the parts carried thereby to be swung downward out of the way when it is desired to use the barbers chair for some purpose other than shaving, such as hair cutting etc.

The standard, which is preferably arranged adjacent to one of the side edges of the back 6 of the barbers chair, projects slightly above the upper edge thereof and is provided with an enlarged upper end 1.1 having a threaded socket- 12 for the reception of a fixed pivot 13. The pivot 13 consists of a smooth central portion and upper and lower threaded portions 141- and 15. The smooth portion of the pivot 13 is arranged in an opening 16 in the inner end of the hori zontal supporting arm 2, and the lower threaded portion 15 of the pivot engages the threads of the socket 12. The pivot 13 projects from the upper face of the enlarged end 11 of the standard, and the inner end of the supporting arm 2 is retained on the smooth portion of the pivot by a nut 17, which is arranged on the upper threaded portion 1 of the pivot 13. The pivot permits the horizontal arm 2 and the receptacle to be swung around the standard to arrange the receptacle in the desired position.

The outer end 18 of the horizontal arm 2 is' enlarged and circular to conform to the configuration of the receptacle 1, which tapers downwardly from the upper edge to the bottom, and the latter is fiat to fit against the upper face of the enlarged portion 18. The receptacle is constructed of relatively soft or elastic rubber, and it is provided with a thickened bottom portion 19, and it has a central socket 20 therein to receive a head 21 carried by the supporting arm 2. The head 21, which is circular, is rounded at the side edges, and it is provided at the bot tom with a reduced portion or neck 22, which is fitted against and spaces the head from the upper face of the enlarged outer port-ion 18 of the arm 2. The head is also provided with a threaded shank 23 extending clownwardly from the neck 22 and passing through a central perforation 24c of the outer end 18 of the arm 2 and receiving a nut 25, which engages the lower face of the arm and rigidly secures the head 21. The socket 20 is interiorly enlarged to fit the head 21, and it is provided with a contracted lower entrance portion 26, which fits the reduced neck 22. The elasticity of the receptacle enables it to be readily fitted over and removed from the head 21, and when engaged therewith, it is firmly held in posit-ion upon the outer end of the supporting arm. The detachable connection between the receptacle and the arm permits the former to be removed without detaching the standard from the back of the chair.

The upper interior face 27 of the bottom of the receptacle is concaved to facilitate the removal of the contents, and the upper edge 28 is relatively narrow and is yieldable and constitutes a wiping edge for enabling the lather to be cleaned from the blade of a razor. The blade of the razor is drawn across the wiping edge 25 to cause the lather to fall into the receptacle, and the receptacle presents a yieldable or elastic surface to the blade, and the edge thereof is uninjured by the blade being drawn across the wiping surface of the receptacle.

Instead of constructing the entire receptacle of elastic material to provide a wiping surface, any other form of yieldable wiping surface may, of course, be employed.

The receptacle is equipped with a hinged lid 29, designed to be constructed of metal, or other suitable material and adapted to cover the receptacle and conceal the contents thereof from view until after the customer is seated in the chair. The lid 29 is provided at the back with perforated lugs or cars 30, which are hinged by a bolt 31 to a pair of spaced projecting lugs or ears 32 of a hinge element 33 consisting of a curved plate or piece, secured to the exterior of the receptacle at the back thereof. The lugs or ears 30 of the lid 29 are preferably arranged at the outer faces of the lugs or cars 32 of the hinge element 33 of the receptacle, and the pintle bolt 31 has mounted on it a coiled spring 34, arranged between the ears 32 and having one terminal 35 bearing against the upper face of the lid, and its other terminal 36 bears against the outer face of the hinge element 33. The spring 3 L maintains the lid 29 in its closed position, and it also operates to close the lid automatically after the same has been opened and is released. In practice the spring is designed to be of sufficient strength to hold the lid on the receptacle when the razor cleaning device is swung downward to arrange it out of the way, but as the lather has but little weight, the spring will be subjected to but little more than the weight of the lid.

The lid is provided with a central knob 37, having a threaded shank 38 extending through a central perforation of the lid and secured to the latter by a nut 39, arranged at the inner face of the lid and engaging the threads of the shank. The knob or handle 37 is equipped with a resilient approximately U-shaped catch 40, composed of two spring jaws and adapted to engage a keeper 4:1 for retaining the lid in its open position. The catch 4C0 is provided with a threaded stem or shank 42, which is screwed into the knob or handle, and the keeper ll consists of a proj ectin approximately U-shaped loop extending horizontally from the plate 43, which is suitably secured to the exterior of the receptacle at the back thereof. The keeper is located below the hinge of the lid in the path of the catch, and when the lid is swung open to the limit of its opening movement, the catch is automatically engaged with the keeper, and when it is desired to close the lid, a pull on the latter automatically disengages the catch from the keeper, and the spring will complete its closing movement.

By the use of this device the customer is protected from barbers itch and other diseases caused by shaving.

What is claimed is 1. A razor cleaning device including hinged supporting means adapted to swing downwardly, an upwardly projecting head carried by the supporting means and" provided with a reduced neck spacing the head from the supporting means and having a hank secured to the supporting means, and a receptacle constructed of yieldable material and composed of a thick bottom and relatively thin side walls, said receptacle being provided in its bottom with a socket conupright position,

forming to the configuration of and receiving the projecting head and provided with a contracted entrance through which the head is passed, said head being clamped in the socket of the receptacle to hold the latter 0n the supporting means.

2. A. razor cleaning device comprising a standard composed of a lower attaching portion provided with means for rigidly securing it to the back of a barbers chair, and an upper section hinged to the lower section and forming a continuation thereof and having means located at the hinge joint for clamping the upper section in an said upper section being adapted to swing downwardly from an upright position to arrange the cleaning device out of the way, an arm connected at its inner end to the upper end of the standard, and a receptacle mounted on the outer portion of the arm.

3. A razor cleaning device comprising a standard composed of a lower attaching portion, and an upper section hinged thereto and adapted to swing downwardly from an upright position to arrange the cleaning device out of the way, an arm connected at its inner end to the upper end of the standard, and a receptacle mounted on the outer portion of the arm, said receptacle and arm having coacting means for detachably retaining the cup on the arm when the upper section of the standard is swung downwardly.

I11 testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANTONIO BONGIOVANN I.

Witnesses:

M. F. DURKIN, T. H. MCKENZIE.

Gopics of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0. 

